Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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